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Handbook page 51
Source: LCMS Handbook 2023, page 51.
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or from any of the panel members’ districts. The hearing facilitator shall not have assisted the previous Hearing Panel.
(c) The list shall be mailed simultaneously to each party, who shall be entitled to strike one name and return the list to the Secretary of the Synod within one week.
(d) The Secretary of the Synod shall correct any problem with the panel from the remaining names by blind draw according to the SOPM.
In the event additional names are needed, three names will be selected in the manner set forth above and those names submitted to each party, who shall have the right to strike one. In the event that there is more than one remaining, the Secretary shall determine the final member by a blind draw according to the SOPM from that remainder.
1.10.15.3 The hearing facilitator shall serve as chairman of the panel, and may draw
upon persons and resources that he/she deems necessary for conducting a hearing in a fair and equitable manner.
1.10.15.4 The Review Panel shall select its own secretary from its members.
Disqualification
1.10.16 The standard for disqualification of a reconciler or panel member or
hearing facilitator shall be actual partiality or the appearance thereof.
1.10.16.1 Any party and/or parties to a dispute shall have the right to request
disqualification of a reconciler, panel member, or hearing facilitator. If that individual does not agree to the disqualification, the decision shall be made by a separate three-member panel of reconcilers drawn for that purpose.
(a) Nine names shall be selected by blind draw from the Synod’s roster of reconcilers.
(b) The list shall be mailed simultaneously to each party, who shall be entitled to strike up to three names. The list shall be returned to the Secretary of the Synod within one week after receipt.
(c) The Secretary of the Synod shall correct any problem with the list.
No member of the panel shall be from the district in which the dispute arose or any district of any party to the dispute. No two panel members shall be from the same district. If more names remain than are needed, the final selection shall be made by blind draw.
(d) In the event that additional names are needed, three names will be selected in the manner set forth above, which names shall be submitted to each party, who shall have the right to strike one name before returning the list to the Secretary of the Synod within one week.
1.10.16.2 In the event that a reconciler, panel member, or hearing facilitator is
disqualified, another individual shall be chosen by blind draw.
(a) Three names shall be selected by blind draw from the Synod’s roster of reconcilers or hearing facilitators as appropriate.
(b) The list shall be mailed simultaneously to each party, which shall be entitled to strike one of the names. The list shall be returned to the Secretary of the Synod within one week after receipt.
(c) The Secretary of the Synod shall correct any problem with the list.
No member of the panel shall be from the district in which the dispute arose or any district of any party to the dispute. No two panel members
